Ask questions about creating eBooks in ePub2, ePub3 and Kindle format using QuarkXPress 9, 10, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018 and how to submit your eBook to popular online stores. You can choose to create eBooks in reflowable layout or fixed layout.

I've converted a lot of print layouts to epub in QX9 over the years and have established an effective workflow for doing this, which works well. I'm completely baffled by QX2015 though.

The text in my print layouts use an automatic text box, so when I add pages to reflow in 2015, the entire book is one component in one article. This is much the same as it was in version 9.

However, in v9 I would then go through the book and split the components to create chapters and insert pictures at various points. I'd also create new articles so that new chapters always begin on a new page in the ebook.

I can't find any way to split a component in 2015, or to simply add selected text to a component, rather than the entire book.

Hi Chris,
You can use Linkster (available under Utilities menu) to split the text components to have separate Articles per story. Before adding to reflow tagging, you can split story with Linkster and then use option "Add Page to Reflow..." which will automatically create multiple Articles per story. This is now default option which was not available in 9.x.
Alternately, after you split the stories with Linkster tool, you can manually add articles and components by selecting individual or multiple boxes.
You can insert images to Reflow tagging similar to 9.x, only difference is you can insert, crop images on print layout itself (either on page or pasteboard) then add to the reflow order. if you want to insert between the text flow of an Article, you can anchor a picture or use Callout anchor.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Ramesh